The Drain of Scientific Publishing
Fernanda Beigel, Dan Brockington, Paolo Crosetto, Gemma Derrick, Aileen Fyfe, Pablo Gomez Barreiro, Mark A. Hanson, Stefanie Haustein, Vincent Larivi\`ere, Christine Noe, Stephen Pinfield, James Wilsdon
TL;DR
This paper discusses how commercial publishers dominate scientific publishing in the Global North, harming science, and advocates for re-communalising publishing to prioritize scientific progress over market interests.
Contribution
It highlights the need for research community leaders to lead efforts in re-communalising scientific publishing for the benefit of science.
Findings
Commercial publishers dominate in the Global North.
Re-communalising publishing can better serve scientific progress.
Leadership from research community is essential.
Abstract
The domination of scientific publishing in the Global North by major commercial publishers is harmful to science. We need the most powerful members of the research community, funders, governments and Universities, to lead the drive to re-communalise publishing to serve science not the market.
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Taxonomy
TopicsAcademic Publishing and Open Access · Publishing and Scholarly Communication · Medical Research and Practices